Security Guard: A description for the security guard job
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Security Guard: Patrol guard, special police officer, watchguard Guards industrial or commercial property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal entry, performing any combination of following duties: Patrols, periodically, buildings and grounds of industrial plant or commercial establishment, docks, logging camp area, or work site. Examines doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure. Warns violators of rule infractions, for example loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles, and apprehends or expels miscreants. Inspects equipment and machinery to ascertain if tampering has occurred. Watches for and reports irregularities, for example fire hazards, leaking water pipes, and security doors left unlocked. Observes departing personnel to guard against theft of company property. Sounds alarm or calls police or fire department by telephone in case of fire or presence of unauthorized persons. Permits authorized persons to enter property. May also register at watch stations to record time of inspection trips. May also record data, for example property damage, unusual occurrences, and malfunctioning of machinery or equipment, for use of supervisory staff. May also perform janitorial duties and set thermostatic controls to maintain specified temperature in buildings or cold storage rooms. May also tend furnace or boiler. May also be deputized to arrest trespassers. May also regulate vehicle and pedestrian traffic at plant entrance to maintain orderly flow. May also patrol site with guard dog on leash. May also watch for fires and be designated Fire Patroller (logging industry). May also be designated according to shift worked as Day Guard (industry), area guarded as Dock Guard (industry), Warehouse Guard (industry), or property guarded as Powder Guard (construction industry). May also be designated according to establishment guarded as Grounds Guard, Arboretum (industry), Guard, Museum (art gallery), Watchguard, Racetrack (recreation industry), or duty station as Coin-Vault Guard (industry). May also be designated Guard, Convoy (industry) when accompanying or leading truck convoy carrying valuable shipments. May also be designated: Armed Guard (transportation industry), Camp Guard (industry), Deck Guard (fishing industry) (water industry), Night Guard (industry), Park Guard (recreation industry).
Job industry: industry
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